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US10934997B2
US10934997B2 US16/345,039 US201716345039A US10934997B2 US 10934997 B2 US10934997 B2 US 10934997B2 US 201716345039 A US201716345039 A US 201716345039A US 10934997 B2 US10934997 B2 US 10934997B2
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H02P—CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
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  • the present embodiments of the invention relate to a method and to an arrangement for damping a side-side oscillation of a tower of a wind turbine.
  • a wind turbine may comprise a wind turbine tower, a nacelle mounted on top of the wind turbine tower, wherein the nacelle may support a rotor having plural rotor blades connected thereto and being connected mechanically to an electric generator which generates electric energy upon rotation of the rotor. Due to excitation by environmental influence, like wind, and/or rotation of the rotor including the blades with particular speed, the wind turbine tower may oscillate. These oscillation movements of the tower may result in big loads in components of the wind turbine, such as the yaw system, a gearing system and the tower integrity or tower construction itself.
  • the European patent application EP 2 620 639 discloses a method for damping oscillations in a wind turbine, wherein a fore-aft oscillation of the tower in the direction of the X-axis is monitored, at the second or higher bending mode frequency. Further, a compensating torque is determined for at least partly damping the oscillation and for each rotor blade of the wind turbine an adjustment of the pitch angle suitable to generate said compensating torque is determined. Finally, the pitch angle is adjusted to generate at least part offset compensating torque.
  • a method for damping a side-side oscillation of a tower of a wind turbine having a generator connected to a converter comprising measuring an acceleration value of the tower, determining, based on the acceleration value, at least one frequency value of at least one tower oscillation mode, including a second tower oscillation mode, and controlling the converter of the wind turbine based at least on the acceleration value and the frequency value.
  • the method may for example be performed by a wind turbine controller and may be implemented in hardware and/or software.
  • the side-side oscillation of the tower refers to an oscillation (for example periodic motion) in a direction perpendicular to a plane which is spanned by the rotor axis and a longitudinal axis of the wind turbine tower.
  • the generator may for example comprise a permanent magnet synchronous generator.
  • the converter may comprise a AC-DC portion, a DC link, and a DC-AC portion which is connected (possibly via one or more transformers) to a utility grid.
  • the AC-DC portion as well as the DC-AC portion of the converter may each comprise plural power switches, such as IGBTs which may receive gate driver signals, such as pulse width modulation signals.
  • the power output of the wind turbine may be characterized by a particular voltage, active power, reactive power, phase angle between current and voltage and a frequency.
  • the characteristics of the output power may be governed by control of the converter.
  • the converter may for example be controlled via supply of an input signal, for example representing a desired power output, such as desired active power, desired reactive power and desired voltage.
  • the acceleration value of the tower may be acquired or measured using an accelerometer or one or more accelerometers which may be installed within (potentially different locations of) the wind turbine tower and/or which may be installed in the nacelle.
  • plural acceleration values may be measured at plural locations (for example distributed along a longitudinal direction of the wind turbine tower).
  • the tower may for example oscillate in a first structural mode which may have been considered in conventional systems and methods for damping the tower oscillations.
  • the tower in particular a very tall tower, may furthermore also oscillate in the second structural mode which may not have been considered in conventional methods and systems.
  • the first mode of oscillation may comprise a movement of the upper tip of the tower, while the lower portions of the tower move less and less the closer they are located from a foundation or a ground. At the foundation, the movement of the tower may substantially be zero in the first mode of oscillation.
  • the second mode of oscillation may be characterized by movements of the tower, wherein a deviation from an ideal position along a vertical line may increase from the foundation towards a middle portion of the tower and may decrease from the middle portion of the tower towards the top of the wind turbine tower.
  • the first mode of oscillation may have a frequency for example in a range of 0.2 Hz to 0.4 Hz and the second mode of oscillation may have a frequency between 1 Hz and 3 Hz, in particular around 2 Hz, wherein these frequencies may depend on the length of the tower, the material used to build the tower and the structural design of the wind turbine tower.
  • the frequencies of the first mode as well as the second mode of oscillation may be calculated from simulations of the wind turbine tower.
  • the damping method may derive, from the measured acceleration value(s) (in particular measured for different time points), an amplitude and a frequency and also a phase of the oscillation mode, in particular the second tower oscillation mode, or several different tower oscillation modes.
  • the converter may be controlled such that the generator (connected to the converter) generates a torque which counteracts the second tower oscillation mode and/or the several different tower oscillation modes.
  • a power reference may be supplied to the converter being modulated to have the same frequency as the second tower oscillation mode, having a phase shifted by 90° or 180° relative to a displacement of the tower or a movement or velocity of the tower and having an appropriate amplitude to counteract the second tower oscillation mode.
  • the controlling the converter comprises filtering the measured acceleration value based on the value of the frequency, performing a phase adjustment of the filtered acceleration value, multiplying the phase adjusted filtered acceleration value with a modified power reference value and a soft clipper gain factor to obtain a power reference offset value, forming a sum of a power reference value and the power reference offset value subjected to a soft clipper, and supplying an input signal to the converter of the wind turbine, the input signal representing the sum.
  • Knowing the frequency of the second tower oscillation mode may enable to reduce noise in the acceleration value not pertaining to the oscillation mode desired to be damped.
  • the phase adjustment may involve a trial and error method.
  • the modified power reference value may be derived from a power reference value which may conventionally be supplied to the converter in order to output power in accordance to the power reference value.
  • the power reference value may be replaced (or supplemented) with a voltage reference value.
  • the power reference value may comprise an active power reference value and/or a reactive power reference value.
  • the soft clipper gain factor may continuously or periodically be updated such that a sharp clipping of the power reference offset value may be avoided.
  • the (conventional) power reference value may be augmented with the power reference offset value which is subjected to a soft clipper and which is designed to counteract the second tower oscillation mode or even more tower oscillation modes.
  • the soft clipper gain factor is (continuously) obtained by: supplying the power reference offset to a saturation block having an upper and a lower threshold to obtain the power reference offset subjected to the soft clipper, calculating a difference between the power reference offset and the power reference offset subjected to the soft clipper, and determining the soft clipper gain factor based on the difference, wherein the soft clipper gain factor is reduced if the difference increases.
  • the saturation block may ensure that the power reference offset value is modified, if the power reference offset value is outside the upper limit and the lower limit such that the output of the saturation block is within the upper limit and the lower limit.
  • a “soft clipping” procedure may be achieved, thereby avoiding or at least reducing higher harmonics in the power reference offset value.
  • the soft clipper gain factor is further (continuously) obtained by: taking the absolute value of the difference, multiplying the absolute value of the difference with a previous gain factor to obtain a first product, multiplying the first product with another gain factor (Ts) to obtain a second product, forming another sum of the negative of the second product, the other gain factor and the gain factor, scaling the other sum to be between zero and one, and integrating the scaled other sum to obtain the gain factor.
  • the reference offset value subjected to the soft clipper substantially is between the upper and the lower threshold and comprises substantially a sine or cosine signal having as frequency the determined frequency value of the at least one tower oscillation mode.
  • the power reference offset value comprises substantially a sine or cosine signal, unwanted harmonics are reduced or even avoided which otherwise would lead to undesired oscillations of the power or output of the wind turbine.
  • the modified power reference value is obtained by: band pass filtering the power reference value, low pass filtering the band pass filtered power reference value, multiplying the low pass filtered power reference value with a power reference gain.
  • the band pass filter may have filter thresholds defining a frequency range which may be centered at the frequency of the second tower oscillation mode.
  • the (conventional) power reference value may suitably be prepared for multiplication with the phase adjusted filtered acceleration value or in particular the phase adjusted filtered acceleration value which has been multiplied by a damp gain and the soft clipper gain factor.
  • the phase adjustment of the filtered acceleration value is performed, in particular by trial and error, such that a torque generated by the generator due to the control of the converter, in particular switching of power transistors in the converter, counteracts the tower oscillation of the tower oscillation mode.
  • a torque generated by the generator due to the control of the converter in particular switching of power transistors in the converter, counteracts the tower oscillation of the tower oscillation mode.
  • the acceleration value relates to a side-side-acceleration value. Additionally, the method may damp a fore-aft oscillation mode by applying conventionally known methods.
  • the determining the frequency value comprises: deriving a frequency domain representation, in particular by deriving a Fourier transform, of the acceleration value acquired over time, searching for a peak in a predetermined frequency range in the frequency domain representation.
  • the frequency value (which may be acquired over a particular time interval) may exhibit several peaks indicating different oscillation modes. From simulations or model calculations, a range may be known in which the second oscillation mode is expected or located in the frequency domain. The peak may be searched within this predetermined frequency range. If in the predetermined frequency range a peak is found, the peak position may be taken as the frequency value (for example of the second oscillation mode of the wind turbine tower).
  • the determining the frequency value comprises: determining a first frequency value of a first tower oscillation mode, determining at least one second frequency value of at least one second tower oscillation mode, the method further comprising: performing the remaining steps for the first frequency value as well as for the second frequency value and adding all power reference offset values subjected to respective soft clippers to the power reference value to obtain the sum.
  • plural second frequency values for or relating to plural second oscillation modes may be determined.
  • a soft clipping procedure may be performed each having its individual soft clipping gain factor.
  • measuring the acceleration value comprises: using accelerometer, in particular measuring acceleration perpendicular to a plane formed by a rotor axis and a tower longitudinal axis, installed in a nacelle mounted on top of the wind turbine tower.
  • two or more accelerators may be utilized for measuring the acceleration at different locations of the tower, in particular at different locations along a longitudinal direction of the tower.
  • the second oscillation mode may reliably be detected and in particular also its amplitude, phase and frequency.
  • the second tower oscillation mode is characterized as having a lower movement at both longitudinal ends of the tower than in between the ends of the tower.
  • the second tower oscillation mode may have increasing movements from both longitudinal ends of the tower towards a middle portion of the tower, where the movement may be maximal.
  • an arrangement for damping a side-side oscillation of a tower of a wind turbine having a generator connected to a converter comprising: an accelerometer adapted to measure an acceleration value of the tower, a determining unit adapted to determine, based on the acceleration value, at least one frequency value of at least one tower oscillation mode, including a second tower oscillation mode, a driver adapted to control the converter of the wind turbine based at least on the acceleration value and the frequency value.
  • the arrangement may for example be comprised in a wind turbine controller or a park controller.
  • FIG. 1 schematically illustrates different vibration modes of a wind turbine tower
  • FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a wind turbine including an arrangement for damping a side-side oscillation of a tower of the wind turbine according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 depicts an arrangement according to embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 schematically illustrates different oscillation modes of a wind turbine tower 1 .
  • the illustration 3 thereby illustrates the first structural mode and the illustration 5 illustrates the second structural oscillation mode of the wind turbine tower 1 .
  • the turbine tower 1 is erected within soil and above the soil surface 7 and has a foundation 9 which is partly or entirely under the soil surface 7 .
  • the bottom 11 of the tower 1 substantially does not move, but the higher the location above the foundation or above the soil surface 7 the larger the movement or the (horizontal) deviation d 1 , d 2 , d 3 of the position of the oscillating tower 1 from the ideal vertical axis 13 .
  • the deviation increases with increasing height as measured from the soil surface 7 or the foundation 9 , thus, d 1 ⁇ d 2 ⁇ d 3 .
  • the deviation of the tower 1 from the ideal vertical axis 13 also increases for increasing distance to the foundation 9 or the soil surface 7 but only up to a middle position 15 such that d 4 ⁇ d 5 ⁇ d 6 .
  • the deviation of the wind turbine tower from the ideal vertical axis 13 decreases again towards the top 2 of the wind turbine tower, i.e. d 6 >d 7 >d 8 .
  • Embodiments of the present invention are directed for damping oscillation of a wind turbine tower regarding the second oscillation mode.
  • FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a wind turbine 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention including an arrangement 22 according to an embodiment of the present invention for damping a side-side oscillation of a tower 1 of the wind turbine 20 .
  • the wind turbine 20 comprises plural rotor blades 23 which are connected to a rotor shaft 25 which is, via an optional gearbox 27 , connected to a generator 29 which outputs at output terminals 31 electric energy or electric power stream.
  • the wind turbine 20 further comprises a converter 33 comprising a AC-DC portion 35 , a DC link portion 37 and a DC-AC portion 39 which is, via a switch 41 , connected to a wind turbine transformer 43 which secondary side is connected for example to a point of common coupling to which plural wind turbines are connected or which is directly connected to a utility grid 45 .
  • the converter 33 in particular the grid side portion, is controlled via an input signal 47 which is output by the arrangement 22 for damping a side-side oscillation of the tower of the wind turbine 20 .
  • the wind turbine 20 comprises, for example within a nacelle also harbouring the rotor shaft 25 and the generator 29 , an accelerometer 49 which is adapted to measure an acceleration value Acc_x, also labelled with reference sign 51 .
  • the accelerometer 49 is adapted to determine, based on the acceleration value 51 at least one frequency value TwrFrq (also denoted as 53 ) of at least one tower oscillation mode, including the second tower oscillation mode (as depicted in the illustration 5 in FIG. 1 ).
  • the acceleration value 51 as well as the frequency value 53 are input in a filtering and phase adjustment module 55 which is adapted to filter the measured acceleration value 51 based on the frequency value 53 and to adapt a phase adjustment of the filtered acceleration value.
  • the phase adjusted, filtered acceleration value is output as a value 57 from the filtering and phase adjustment module 55 and is input to a gain module 59 which further receives the frequency value 53 for defining a set point.
  • the damp gain module 59 outputs a signal 61 which is supplied to a multiplication element 63 .
  • the multiplication element 63 further receives as input a modified power reference value 65 as well as a soft clipper gain factor 67 .
  • the modified power reference value 65 originates from a power reference value 69 output by a power controller 71 .
  • the power reference value 69 is subjected to a second mode band pass filter 73 outputting the filtered signal 75 which is supplied to a low pass filter 77 outputting the further filtered signal 79 which is supplied to a gain element 81 which multiplies the output signal 79 with a factor to arrive at the modified power reference value 65 .
  • the multiplication element 63 outputs a power reference offset value 83 which is subjected to a saturation element 85 having upper and lower limits.
  • the saturation element 85 outputs a power reference offset value subjected to a soft clipper 87 .
  • the power reference offset value subjected to a soft clipper 87 and the power reference offset value 83 are supplied to a difference element 89 which calculates a difference 91 between the power reference offset 83 and the power reference offset subjected to the soft clipper 87 .
  • the absolute value 93 of the difference 91 is calculated by an absolute function block 92 .
  • the absolute value 93 is multiplied using the gain element 95 with a previous gain factor (K) to obtain a first product 97 .
  • the first product 97 is multiplied with another gain factor Ts using another gain module 98 to obtain a second product 99 , which is input into element 100 .
  • Ts is the sample time of the controller, also called the integration time step.
  • Another sum 101 of the negative of the second product 99 , the other gain factor Ts multiplied with 1/release time (provided by the generating element 102 for the signal 1/release time) and the gain factor 67 is formed.
  • the release time is the time for release of the soft clipper—how fast it should release after an saturation event.
  • the other sum 101 is scaled using the scaling element 103 to be between 0 and 1 and the scaled other sum is integrated using the integration element 105 to obtain the gain factor 67 .
  • 105 acts as a memory.
  • the thus obtained power reference offset value subjected to a soft clipper 87 is added, using the adding element 107 to the power reference value 69 in order to obtain the input signal 47 which is supplied as a control signal to the converter 33 .
  • the vibration of the tower 1 may be measured by a G-sensor which may be placed for example at the top 2 of the tower 1 or in the nacelle of the wind turbine 20 .
  • the signal 51 from the G-sensor may be filtered to only pass the second tower mode through and may be delayed to get the optimal phase angle. Then the signal may be multiplied with the mean power reference to ensure that the tower damping power will scale with the mean power reference. The signal is then added to the power reference from other controllers, for example power controller 71 or speed controller.
  • the output is saturated with a soft clipper function 110 which may reduce the gain if the tower damping output hits the saturation limit.
  • the gain e.g. K
  • the gain may then slowly raised again.
  • Damping of vibrations of the second tower mode may be achieved, according to embodiments of the present invention, by controlling the power set point whereby the torque may be oscillated and by oscillating with a power at the same frequency as the second tower mode oscillations, but an optimal phase-shift may force in the counter-direction of the tower. Thereby, an effective damping of the oscillations of the second tower mode may be achieved.
  • An advanced improvement by multiplying the tower vibration signal with the mean power reference may be that the damping power reference has a constant relation to the mean power.
  • the relation between damping power reference and mean power reference may increase when the mean power is decreasing and the rotor speed is constant.
  • FIG. 3 shows an arrangement 22 including an accelerometer adapted to measure an acceleration value of the tower, a determining unit 201 adapted to determine, based on the acceleration value, at least one frequency value of at least one tower oscillation mode, including a second tower oscillation mode, a driver 202 adapted to control the converter of the wind turbine based at least on the acceleration value and the frequency value.

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